Example sentences of "is [verb] a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best solution is to erect a permanent fruit cage , though this is not always practical for tree fruits . |
| 2 | Televisa , Mexico 's TV giant , is building a Spanish-language media empire across the Americas . |
| 3 | ( Labour-supporting Elton is becoming a tabloid folk devil . ) |
| 4 | LEADING family-owned off licence chain Russells Cellars is opening a new off-sales at |
| 5 | Austin , Texas-based CompuAdd Corp is opening a European headquarters in Bristol , UK , to co-ordinate the company 's various European activities , which will be headed-up by Robert Todd as general manager . |
| 6 | A ROTARY club is launching a ambitious £6,000 project to help more than two million people in poverty-stricken Romania . |
| 7 | Marlborough 's graphic department is publishing a new series of etchings and monoprints proofed at Patricia Branstead 's studio in New York . |
| 8 | He is to table a new series of questions in the Commons today which ask for details of the proposed package . |
| 9 | The £1.6m deal , accompanied by a placing , is costing a heady £400,000 in professional fees . |
| 10 | It is likely therefore whatever option is selected an extra £5000 per annum may be required . |
| 11 | Elton is seeking a minimum $15 million in damages and a restraining order against the producers . |
| 12 | Eurotunnel , which is already in default of its credit agreement with the synidcate of 200 banks , is seeking an extra £1.2bn to £1.6bn on top of the £6bn raised so far . |
| 13 | The Israel Bonds Organisation is to sell an extra $100 million in bonds over and above its regular sales as seed money for the project . |
| 14 | In anticipation of his major 1993 exhibition at the Jeu de Paume , which concentrates on the work he produced during the Eighties , until the end of this month Martin Barré is presenting a new series of twelve paintings at the Laage-Salomon gallery . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Intel is pouring a massive $1 billion a year into honing its technological edge , split roughly equally between building state-of-the-art chip factories and research and development , according to Grove . |
| 16 | The trainee feels that he or she is flying a real aircraft , and can see the view from the cockpit just as if ( s ) he were actually approaching the runway at a particular airport . |
| 17 | The third approach , and the one utilized for this project , is to use a tapped c.c.d. ( charge coupled device ) delay line . |
| 18 | Peter Hennessy is conducting a brief series of interviews with ex-prime ministers , on the theme of Premiership ( Radio 3 , Wednesday ) . |
| 19 | On January 9 the Children 's Legal Centre is holding a Young People 's Congress for different interest groups ( Young Guardian will be covering the event ) . |
| 20 | Er , and , and it , one , one of the things which I hope that we can agree upon is that the is , is that one of the things we can do by organising our time better is get an extra sales call in a day . |
| 21 | North-West Thames regional health authority has several districts with significant overspends , while South-East Thames is facing a potential £5m shortfall with many of its 15 districts ‘ walking a tightrope ’ . |
| 22 | Action for Community Employment — ACE — is providing an extra £50 million in 1991-92 and 9,850 places of work experience . |
| 23 | In an effort to ease congestion , the Government is spending an estimated £12 billion on building 900 miles of new roads . |
| 24 | Too good to miss is this special offer from designer Nazareth Walsh , who , for the rest of 1992 , is giving a free pair of dupion shoes ( flat , court , or Louis heel ) with every wedding dress order over £600 . |
| 25 | On the basis of these standards , SCOTVEC is creating a new series of awards in training and assessing , each consisting of a single unit . |
| 26 | But my once-a-week treat is to have a smoked salmon bagel . ’ |
| 27 | The long term objective is to have a national data base containing details of all qualified interpreters . |
| 28 | The US Federal Trade Commission is reviewing a new staff report on the anti-trust allegations against Microsoft Corp , but a decision on the matter probably is still weeks away , lawyers familiar with the case told the Wall Street Journal : with a two-to-two vote in February , the commission did n't accept staff recommendations to seek an injunction preventing the company from using its market power to engage in allegedly unfair competitive practices ; after the tied vote , the commissioners asked for more information in an effort to resolve the deadlock ; the status report , which was delivered to commissioners last week , provides additional support for the staff 's call for action . |
| 29 | Book Packagers & Marketing is floating a new series on classic fruit and flowers in response to the interest that Martin Marix Evans has received in the preservation of traditional varieties . |
| 30 | RAAB is showing a new series of canvases created in New York by Rainer Fetting ( to 25 November ) and depicting views of the city from his rooftop studio with further developments of the taxi themes explored in his last exhibition , and other dealers are mounting mixed exhibitions of works by their artists to coincide with Cork Street 's Open Weekend on 28–29 November , when galleries will remain open for business on both days . |